It was not long before she quarrelled altogether with her sister,—­to the point of absolutely refusing to act as bridesmaid.  The reader may remember that there had been a watch and chain, and that two of the ladies of the family had expressed an opinion that these trinkets should be returned to Mr Brehgert who had bestowed them.  But Georgiana had not sent them back when a week had elapsed since the receipt of Mr Brehgert’s last letter.  The matter had perhaps escaped Lady Pomona’s memory, but Sophia was happily alive to the honour of her family.  ‘Georgey,’ she said one morning in their mother’s presence, ’don’t you think Mr Brehgert’s watch ought to go back to him without any more delay?’

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